How To Install libkml-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libkml-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libkml-dev is Library to manipulate KML 2.2 OGC standard files - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkml-dev on Debian 10.

What is libkml-dev

libkml-dev is:

This is a library for use with applications that want to parse, generate and operate on KML, a geo-data XML variant. It is an implementation of the OGC KML 2.2 standard. It is written in C++ and bindings are available via SWIG to Java and Python.

This package contains files required to build C/C++ programs which use the KML library.

There are three methods to install libkml-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libkml-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkml-dev

Install libkml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkml-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkml-dev

Install libkml-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libkml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkml-dev

How To Uninstall libkml-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libkml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkml-dev

Uninstall libkml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkml-dev

Remove libkml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkml-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkml-dev

Remove libkml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkml-dev

Dependencies

libkml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkml-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.